Film Fanatics - Chat Thread II
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Original post by JClive
Just saw Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
Average action flick to be honest but the CGI was great but overall nothing great.
Getting panned by the critics though...
Average action flick to be honest but the CGI was great but overall nothing great.
Getting panned by the critics though...
I didn't even know a sequel existed. It's been a bit under the radar (like every film Cage makes nowadays). Talking of sequels, they are going to make I Am Legend 2 which will not be a prequel but which will have Will Smith in it again. Hm, I vaguely recall him being blown up...
Original post by Phalanges
Finally saw Drive after putting it off for so long. Hot damn that is a good film.
How did you leave it alone for so long?
Original post by Phalanges
Holy crap, this is still a thing. How is this still a thing?
It's so awesome
Original post by Phalanges
Not just space Nazis. Space Nazis vs Sarah Palin.
I KNOW RIGHT
Speaking of Nazis, I recently watched Dead Snow. It was visually entertaining, but it's a long time since I've seen such a complete lack of plot in a film.
Original post by Christien
Been watching some Bond films. They're...patchy, to say the least. I loved The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill, I think Dalton's probably the best one (not solely because his iteration is darker, but he gives Bond a dimension that everyone barring Craig has thus far lacked). I didn't enjoy GoldenEye as much as I thought I would (despite its excellent villain and stuntwork). It's better than basically all of the Moore films and some of the Connery ones, but I find Brosnan to be a fairly bland Bond, and for these films to work, you really need to engage with the main character.
This is pretty much how I feel about Bond films.
Original post by Jace Falco
This is pretty much how I feel about Bond films.
This is pretty much how I feel about Bond films.
Mm. I sometimes feel Dalton and Craig are the only ones who played Bond as an actual human being (although I haven't seen the Lazenby film and a good few of the Moore ones). This doesn't mean the Connery films were bad or anything - quite the opposite (watched Dr. No & From Russia recently, both brilliant) - but ConneryBond seems to be little more than what Judi Dench calls CraigBond in Casino Royale: a blunt, misogynist instrument, fighting & ****ing his way out of every problem. Suppose this is as much a problem of the time they were made as it is anything else.
Original post by Jace Falco
Speaking of Nazis, I recently watched Dead Snow. It was visually entertaining, but it's a long time since I've seen such a complete lack of plot in a film.
Speaking of Nazis, I recently watched Dead Snow. It was visually entertaining, but it's a long time since I've seen such a complete lack of plot in a film.
Dead Snow has to be one of the most random films I've ever seen - I knew nothing about it before watching... Still, provided a fair few laughs for me and my mates :P
Original post by Christien
Mm. I sometimes feel Dalton and Craig are the only ones who played Bond as an actual human being (although I haven't seen the Lazenby film and a good few of the Moore ones). This doesn't mean the Connery films were bad or anything - quite the opposite (watched Dr. No & From Russia recently, both brilliant) - but ConneryBond seems to be little more than what Judi Dench calls CraigBond in Casino Royale: a blunt, misogynist instrument, fighting & ****ing his way out of every problem. Suppose this is as much a problem of the time they were made as it is anything else.
Yeah, I'm not really a fan of Moore, and while I enjoy Connery (have you seen Diamonds Are Forever?), he's not my favourite. I think I need to rewatch the Dalton films to decide whether I prefer him or Craig, though. As for Lazenby, I've only ever seen parts of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and I don't recall it being particularly memorable.
Original post by Jace Falco
Yeah, I'm not really a fan of Moore, and while I enjoy Connery (have you seen Diamonds Are Forever?), he's not my favourite. I think I need to rewatch the Dalton films to decide whether I prefer him or Craig, though. As for Lazenby, I've only ever seen parts of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and I don't recall it being particularly memorable.
What I've read of OHMSS seems to suggest that it's a good film with a pretty poor Bond. Can't confirm, though.
I haven't seen Diamonds are Forever or You Only Live Twice. Getting on that soon, although I hear DAF is ludicrous even for Bond (and that Connery looks disinterested throughout).
Original post by Christien
What I've read of OHMSS seems to suggest that it's a good film with a pretty poor Bond. Can't confirm, though.
I haven't seen Diamonds are Forever or You Only Live Twice. Getting on that soon, although I hear DAF is ludicrous even for Bond (and that Connery looks disinterested throughout).
I haven't seen Diamonds are Forever or You Only Live Twice. Getting on that soon, although I hear DAF is ludicrous even for Bond (and that Connery looks disinterested throughout).
It is ludicrous, but the two assassins are splendid characters.
Original post by Phalanges
Holy crap, this is still a thing. How is this still a thing?
I CANNOT wait for this movie!!
EPIC!
Original post by aja89
That's great! Apparently I'm going to be a producer. 
Ditto
Original post by Ape Gone Insane
Is Never Let Me Go a good film? Is it likely to reduce a girl to tears? 
Yeah, it's a decent film. As for tears, I found it to be more numbing than tearful although it does have the potential to produce tears...girls are vulnerable when they cry so I hope you are asking this with good intentions..
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Original post by Phalanges
What film job do you qualify for?
Brilliant!
<3 x
Original post by sheep_go_baa
Yeah, it's a decent film. As for tears, I found it to be more numbing than tearful although it does have the potential to produce tears...girls are vulnerable when they cry so I hope you are asking this with good intentions..
Excellent, will try and find a DVD. My intentions are entirely honourable.
Original post by Ape Gone Insane
Is Never Let Me Go a good film? Is it likely to reduce a girl to tears?
Yes, I loved it.
Most likely (I did!
)<3 x
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Original post by LETSJaM
Yes, I loved it. Most likely (I did! )<3 x
Most likely (I did! )<3 xI presume you have OCD??
x <3
Original post by aja89
too small of an image to see properly
Original post by S-man10
I presume you have OCD??
x <3
x <3
Why would I have OCD???
<3 x
Original post by LETSJaM
Why would I have OCD??? <3 x
<3 xSee what I did there?
x <3
Original post by Jace Falco
How did you leave it alone for so long?
I dunno really. I tend to have an aversion to hype if it's not something I've seen right away or have been interested in for a while, so seeing all the raving about it put me off a little. And then I heard it described as a modern day Bullitt, which was a film I found to be so incredibly boring.
it's a long time since I've seen such a complete lack of plot in a film.
I saw Melancholia recently, and that has pretty much no plot at all either. Really enjoyed it though.
Original post by S-man10
See what I did there?
x <3
x <3
You have managed to switch the two parts of my signature around. *claps* What has it achieved??? NADA!
<3 x
Original post by LETSJaM
You have managed to switch the two parts of my signature around. *claps* What has it achieved??? NADA!<3 x
O'really?
xo <3 ox
Original post by S-man10
O'really?
xo <3 ox
xo <3 ox
Really? xo <3 ox WTF!
If you hadn't already worked out, <3 x is my signature, it does not mean I like you in any way shape or form. So stop copying me/taking the piss. (Delete as appropriate)
<3 x
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